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      Russia sues Ukraine over unpaid $3 billion loan
      Feb17

      Russia sues Ukraine over unpaid $3 billion loan

      Russia files a lawsuit against Ukraine over its failure to repay a three-billion-dollar loan. …read more Source:...

      Russia sues Ukraine in London over unpaid $3B debt: minister
      Feb17

      Russia sues Ukraine in London over unpaid $3B debt: minister

      NNA – Russia has filed a lawsuit against Ukraine at the High Court in London over a disputed $3 billion loan that Moscow says Kiev has refused to pay back, the finance minister said Wednesday. “Today …read more Source: National News...

      Russia files lawsuit against Ukraine over $3bn debt in London Court
      Feb17

      Russia files lawsuit against Ukraine over $3bn debt in London Court

      Moscow plans to sue Kiev in London’s Court of International Arbitration to recover a $3 billion loan Ukraine failed to repay in December. Kiev has defaulted on the payment, and asked the Kremlin to be flexible in restructuring the debt.According to Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, the lawsuit was filed after repeated unsuccessful...

      Russia sues Ukraine in London over unpaid $3B debt: minister
      Feb17

      Russia sues Ukraine in London over unpaid $3B debt: minister

      Russia has filed a lawsuit against Ukraine at the High Court in London over a disputed $3 billion loan that Moscow says Kiev has refused to pay back, the finance minister said Wednesday …read more Source: The Daily...

      Ukraine PM says needs to reshuffle the coalition
      Feb17

      Ukraine PM says needs to reshuffle the coalition

      Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said Wednesday that it was essential to reshuffle the ruling coalition, adding that he was in discussions with political groups, including the populist Radical party, in that regard …read more Source: The Daily...

      Ukraine ruling coalition cracks after no confidence vote
      Feb17

      Ukraine ruling coalition cracks after no confidence vote

      A junior ally in Ukraine’s Western-backed coalition quit Wednesday, spelling more trouble for Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk’s government just a day after he survived a no confidence vote in parliament …read more Source: The Daily...

      Three soldiers killed in east Ukraine clashes
      Feb17

      Three soldiers killed in east Ukraine clashes

      Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and seven others wounded in the past 24 hours in clashes with pro-Russia forces in the volatile eastern region.Ukraine’s presidential administration spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk announced the deaths on Tuesday, Interfax news agency reported. He accused the pro-Russia forces of violating the...

      Russia and Turkey run risk of escalation over Syria
      Feb17

      Russia and Turkey run risk of escalation over Syria

      But the recent escalation in rhetoric has sharpened fears of a direct confrontation, analysts warn.The two major players in the Syrian conflict have historic enmities dating back to the 16th century with the first Russo-Turkish wars, and more recently the Crimean War between Russia and the Ottoman Empire backed by Britain and France, in the...

      Ukraine’s government survives no-confidence vote
      Feb17

      Ukraine’s government survives no-confidence vote

      Ukraine’s Western-backed government has survived a no-confidence vote at the country’s parliament. …read more Source:...

      Western-backed Ukrainian government survives no confidence vote
      Feb16

      Western-backed Ukrainian government survives no confidence vote

      Ukraine’s Western-backed government survived a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, staving off the immediate prospect of a snap election in a country fighting a deep recession and a pro-Russian separatist insurgency. The vote took place just hours after President Petro Poroshenko publicly urged the prime minister to resign, a move that...